Civil War

  • Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address (18611)
  • Declarations of Causes of Secession [Civil War]
  • Constitution of the Confederate States of America
  • Lieber's Instructions to Armies of the US
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Cordley, Richard: The Lawrence Massacre, 1863 [KANCOLL]
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • Marching Song of the First Arkansas
  • 35 Days to Gettysburg: the Campaign Diaries of Two Americans
  • Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
  • Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
  • All Quiet Along the Potomac
  • Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address (1865)
  • Examination of the body of John Wilkes Booth

    Reconstruction and Progressive Period

  • The Little Sod Shanty On My Claim
  • Ulysses S. Grant, First Inaugural Address (1869)
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Second Inaugural Address (1873)
  • Ingersoll, Robert G.: Nomination Of Blaine (1876) [8K]
  • Rutherford B. Hayes, Inaugural Address (1877)
  • Ingersoll, Robert G.: About Farming In Illinois (1877)
  • James Garfield, First Inaugural (1881)
  • Grover Cleveland, First Inaugural (1885)
  • Conwell, Russell Herman: Acres of Diamonds
  • Benjamin Harrison, Inaugural Address (1889)
  • Norris, Frank: The Pit, A Story of Chicago
  • Grover Cleveland, Second Inaugural (1893)
  • Geneva Conventions
  • Hague Conventions
  • Law of the Sea
  • Statute of the International Court of Justice
  • De Leon, Daniel: Reform or Revolution? (1896)
  • William McKinley, First Inaugural (1897)
  • Ingersoll, Robert G.: Effect Of The World's Fair On The Human Race (1898)
  • De Leon, Daniel: What Means This Strike? (1898)
  • Hubbard, Elbert, A message to Garcia (1899)
  • First Open Door Note, September 1899
  • The Wabash Cannonball
  • William McKinley, Second Inaugural (1901)
  • De Leon, Daniel: Socialist Reconstruction of Society (1905)
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Inaugural Address <1905)
  • William Howard Taft, Inaugural (1909)
  • Kansas Penitentiary (1913) [KANCOLL]
  • The Ludlow Massacre

    First World War

  • Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural (1913)
  • Woodrow Wilson, Second Inaugural (1917)
  • The Espionage Act of 1918

    Interwar Period

  • Schenk v. United States (1919)
  • League of Nations Treaty
  • Warren G. Harding, Inaugural Address (1921)
  • Calvin Coolidge, Inaugural Address (1925)
  • Herbert Hoover, Inaugural Address (1929)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural (1933)
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural (1937)
  • Neutrality Act of 1937
  • Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech, October 1937

    Second World War and Aftermath

  • Neville Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time
  • Neutrality Between USSR and Japan
  • Germany's Statements Regarding Poland 1939
  • France's Reaction to Invasion of Poland 1939
  • Britain's Reaction to Invasion of Poland 1939
  • Neutrality Act of 1939
  • Roerich Pact: Institutions and Monuments in the Americas
  • Lend-Lease Act
  • Hemispheric Defense, 1940
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Third Inaugural (1941)
  • FDR's Four Freedoms Speech, 6 January 1941
  • Atlantic Charter, August 1941
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941
  • Declaration of War on Japan, 8 December 1941
  • Day of Infamy Speech, 8 December 1941
  • Declaration of War on Germany, 11 December 1941
  • Tripartite Alliance During World War II
  • FDR's Statement on North Africa, 17 November 1942
  • Lili Marlene (German)
  • Lili Marlene (English)
  • Casablanca Conference, February 1943
  • Moscow Conference, October 1943
  • Cairo Conference, November 1943
  • Yalta Conference, February 1945
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Speech (1945)
  • Materials Relating to the Holocaust
  • WWII Surrender of Germany to Allies
  • Accounts by Hiroshima Survivors
  • Japanese WWII Surrender Documents
  • A Veteran of the Wrong War
  • Truman's Address Before Congress, 12 March 1947
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
  • UN Covenant on Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
  • Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address (1949)
  • North Atlantic Treaty 1949

    The 1950's and 1960's

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, First Inaugural (1953)
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, Second Inaugural (1957)
  • U2 Shootdown Incident of 1960
  • John Kennedy, Inaugural Speech (1961)
  • Marilyn Monroe (1962)
  • Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream
  • Robert C Weaver: Negro as American, 16 June 1963
  • George C Wallace on Civil Rights, 4 July 1964
  • Lyndon B. Johnson, Inaugural Speech (1965)
  • Lyndon B Johnson: We Shall Overcome, 15 March 1965
  • Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, etc.
  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968)

    The Vietnam Era

  • State Department White Paper on Vietnam
  • Tonkin Gulf Message and Resolution
  • Two Letters to Ngo Dinh Diem
  • Richard M. Nixon, First Inaugural Speech (1969)
  • Richard M. Nixon, Second Inaugural Speech (1973)
  • Vietnam Vets Against the War Statement (Kerry)
  • Senate Select POW-MIA Affairs Report
  • Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address (1977)

    The 1980's and 1990's

  • Ronald Regan, First Inaugural Address (1981)
  • Ronald Regan, Second Inaugural Address (1985)
  • George Bush, Inaugural Address (1989)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1991
  • Lakoff, George. On Desert Storm
  • Desert Storm: UN Resolution 660
  • Desert Storm: UN Resolution 666
  • Desert Storm: UN Resolution 667
  • Nelson Mandela's speech upon release
  • George Bush State of the Union Speech 1992
  • Clinton's Inaugural Speech 1993
  • Clinton State of the Union Speech 1993
  • Freedom of Information Act Request Package

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